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[[WP:N|Not notable]] - unable to find coverage in reliable sources. Probable vanity article. [[User:Cybercobra|Cybercobra]] ([[User talk:Cybercobra|talk]]) 13:45, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

*'''Delete'''. Unreferenced. Google Web returns zero results for [http://www.google.com/search?&as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Near+Root+Algorithm%22 "Near Root Algorithm" -wiki]. — [[User:Rankiri|Rankiri]] ([[User talk:Rankiri|talk]]) 14:49, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

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*'''Delete'''. Appears to be [[WP:OR|original research]]. I found nothing in Google scholar. We have coverage of similar material already at [[Integer square root]], but there seems to be nothing useful to merge into that article from here. —[[User:David Eppstein|David Eppstein]] ([[User talk:David Eppstein|talk]]) 22:34, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

**[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Cybercobra&diff=307576112&oldid=307452266 OR confirmation] (albeit well-intentioned). --[[User:Cybercobra|<b style="color:#3773A5;">Cyber</b><span style="color:#FFB521;">cobra</span>]] [[User talk:Cybercobra|(talk)]] 04:10, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' - original research. [[User:Gandalf61|Gandalf61]] ([[User talk:Gandalf61|talk]]) 13:23, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' - Indeed looks like original research, I am also not familiar with the inventor (Nick Dietz). [[User:Materialscientist|Materialscientist]] ([[User talk:Materialscientist|talk]]) 08:12, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' C++ program to implement standard algorithm with poorly thought out implementation (what happens if the argument is negative? what if the last digit of the floating point fluctuates (unlikely but not impossible, since it depends on the implemenation of floating point division)?) We are not a how-to. [[User:Pmanderson|Septentrionalis]] <small>[[User talk:Pmanderson|PMAnderson]]</small> 17:08, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

*'''<s>Speedy merge</s>Delete''' Isn't this just the same as [[Methods of computing square roots#Babylonian method|the Babylonian method]]? --[[User:DanielPharos|DanielPharos]] ([[User talk:DanielPharos|talk]]) 21:07, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

:*What's so speedy about it? And you can't just merge unreferenced [[WP:OR|original research]] into another article. — [[User:Rankiri|Rankiri]] ([[User talk:Rankiri|talk]]) 21:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

::Oh, hang on, now I see! The first part of the article is talking about the Babylonian method, but the second part (the main part of the article) isn't. Oops. Just ignore me ;)

::I can also verify that this has to be original research: it's useless. In order to approximate a square root, he has to calculate square roots, which kinda defeats the purpose of it all. Look at the conditions of the sums: they contain square roots! He's looking for a close 'square root', and using that to prime the iteration. Of course that works, but it totally defeats the purpose! --[[User:DanielPharos|DanielPharos]] ([[User talk:DanielPharos|talk]]) 21:38, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

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